Safety-razor.



Rm E L S S E K R SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1909.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.A

l N VE N TUI? Ew? fahr/el ArrnNErs UNITED sTATEs EMIL. xEssLEii, or NEW venir, N. Y.

PATENT oEEioE.

SAFETY-RAZOR'.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL KESBLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county .of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and lmproved Safety-Razor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description This invention relates to safety razors, and .more particularly -to a device of this class comprisinga blade carrier adapted lto have a removable bladeinounted thereon, a blade holder -movably associated with the carrier and serving to secure the blade in place, and a guard for the blade, the guard yassisting in securing the blade holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durable safetyrazor by means `of which the operation of shaving can be expeditiously and comfortably executed, in which the .parts are releasably associated so -that .the device can be easily 4cleaned and can be manipulated without` diculty, to permit the removing'and replacing ofthe blade, and which can be -em. ployed with a handle such as is customarily associated with the'ordinary razor.

i The invention consists in the construc- .tion and combination 'of parts to be moreI fully described hereinafterand particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is `to behad tothe accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which 'similar characters ofrefer,a ence indicate corresponding parts' in all the Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of my invention, having parts ybroken away; Fig. 2 is a similar view having the guard removed, and with parts brokenaway; Fig. 3' is' alongitudinal section on the line 3 3 V of Fig. 1, showing :the blade carrier, the

blade, theV blade holder, and the guard;- Fig. 4 is a transverse section4 on the line L4-410i Fig..1; and Fig. 5 is a aide elevation l of the razor, showing the same closed.l

. -I prefer l`plan'ation of my invention,

to a more detailed exit should be clearly understood that while, as illustrated for example, in the accompanying drawings,

` .to employ the ordinary ,razor handle .with 4the device, anyvother `suitable handle permitting the convenient manipulation `of the razor can be employed.- This and other detailsof .construction form noV part of theminvention and can be varied in ac- `efore proceedin Application filed November 19, 1909. Serial No. 528,869.

cordance with individual special conditions, without t reference and t eparting from e underlying spirit of the invention.

The device is'preferably fashioned from steel, and the blades, as shown in the draw-y ings, have double .cutting edges, to len hen the life of leach blade, to render the evice more serviceable invuse, and to facilitate the operation of shaving both sides of the face with equal ease.

Patented Een. 28,1911.

Referring more -particularly to the drawings, I employ a blade carrier 10 of suitable width, and terminating at one end in a shank 11 which 'is pivotall mounted by means of a rivet 12 or the lilie of a handle. At theA free ends, rthe blade holder haspspaced extensions letv constituting hinge sleeves. A blade holder 15 havingat one end asleeve 'extension 16 ispivotally mounted .by means of the latter, between the hinge sleeves 14, a suitable hinge pin 17 be.- ing located within the sleeves to hold the part 15 pivotally in' place.

As is shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the blade between the sides 13 carrier andthe blade holder are' concave in opposite direct-ions. The blade holder 15 at the free end has a spring catch 18 which is adapted to engage within a catch opening 19 of the-carrier. The catch opening is beveled, so that when the spring catch is forced into the opening it is displaced until it passes through the opening, :to engage at the opposite sides of the carrier Vto lock the holder in position as isshown most clearly in' Fig. 3. The blade carrier has spaced studs.20 alined longitudinally of the carrier and adapted to--hold in .position the .blade 21 which is provided with suitable openings 22 to receivefthe studs.

The blade ma, 'any suitable form,'and preferably opposite longitudinal ,-ed ves'f sha constitute the cutting e ges.

be of as the ened to At t e ends,

the-blade has recesses 24 each adapted to receive the hinge connection between the holder and the carrier, so that the blade is reversible, end for end. 'I-employ. avguardv 24 having the opposite, longitudinal edges provided with the usual guard serrations or teeth 25, an'dprovided atone end witha spring catch 26 similar to the catch 18, and adapted to cooperate in like manner with a catch opening 27 ofthe carrier, similar to the o ening 19. The guard .has an opening 28 a apted to receive -an -oifset or bend 29 of the catch 19 as is shown most clearly 1n Fig. 3. At the4 end remote from the catch are providedA with edge recesses 35 which,

the razor.

26, the guard has a curved lpivot hook 30 adapted partly to encompass the hinge sleeve 16 so that the guard is removably and p1votally mounted in position. lt has adj acent to the hook, cut away parts 31. The cut away part of the carrier between the hinge sleeve extensions 14, permits an initial, p1votal movement on the part of the guard.I

'of the blade holder, and like the lat-ter, serv-l ing to receive the studs 20.l In this way, the

studsv also assist in securing in place the blade holder and the guard, as well. as the blade.

As is seen most clearly in Fig. 3, the projections or bends 29 of the spring catches, and the rolled extremities 34 of the same parts, extend laterally at the opposite sides ofthe device. The sides 13 of the handle respectively, receive the parts 29 and 34, and thus serve as stops to limit' the closing of The openings 33 has sleeves 36 adapted to extend through the openings 32 of the blade A holder tov engage the blade. 35

The sleeves assist in securing the parts in their relative positions and in rigidly holding the blade.

'Having thus described vmy invention, I

.claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters- Patent.: A l

1. Alsafety razor, comprising a blade carrier adapted to support a blade, a blade holder having a removable connection with said carrier, and provided with means for securing thev blade in place,v and a blade guard 4extending over said holder and yhaving means for attaching to said carrier whereby it serves to secure said blade holder in position.

' 2. A safety razor, comprising a blade car? `nier, a blade removably mounted thereon, a blade holder. having a releasable connection with said lcarrier and provided with means forsecuring said blade in place, and a uard having a removable connection with sai carrier and extending over said blade'holder, and having means whereby said guardassists .in securing said holder 1n place.

v3. 'Asafety razor, comprising a blade .car-Y rier having Aa stud, a blade removably mounted upon said carrier and having an opening receiving said stud, a blade holder having a pivotal connection at one end with said carrier `and havingl a catch for locking it in position against said carrier andv uponI said blade, and a guard removably mounted.

guard surrounding the upon said carrier over said holderand having means for locking it in position with respecty to said carrier.

4. A safety razor, comprising a blade carrier having a stud, a blade removably mounted upon said carrier and having an opening receiving said stud, a blade holder having a pivotal connection at one end with said carrier and having a catch for locking it in position on said carrier over said blade, and a guard having a removable connection with said carrier and having means for locking it in position with respect to said carrier, and extending over said holder, said blade holder and said guardhaving open,

ings registering and to receive said stud.

5. A safety razor, comprising a blade carrier, a blade removably mounted upon said carrier, a blade -holder pivoted on said carrier and extending over said blade, and a guard having a removable connection with said carrier and said holder and extending over lthe latter, said blade carrier having beveled openings, said holder and said guard each having a spring catch removably received by one of said beveled openings'and locked in place within the same.

6. A safety razor, comprising acarrier, said carrier having at one end a hinge sleeve, a blade holder having a hinge sleeve, means for pivot-ally associating said hinge sleeves to secure said holder pivotallyI to said carrier, a removable blade provided at each end with a cutaway part -receiving therein the hinge connection between said blade and said holder, means for locking said holder,

with respect to said carrier, a ard havin a removable connection'with said carrier an said holder, and a handle asociated with said carrier.

7.l A safety razor, comprising a' carrier having s aced hinge sleeves at one end, a blade ho der having a hinge'sleeve positioned between said hinge sleeves of saidcarrier, a hinge pin in said sleeve, said carrier having studs, la removable blade having openings receiving said studs and having at each end a part cut awayv and receiving therein said hinge sleeves, a guard having a recessed part receiving Vone of said hinge sleeves, means for locking said holder with respect to said carrier, and means for loclring said guard with respect to said' carrier.

8. A safety razor, comprising a carrier having spaced hinge sleeves at one end, a

blade holder having a hinge -sleeve positioned between said hin e sleeves of said carrier, a hinge pin in sai sleeves, said carrier having studs', a removable blade having openings receiving said studs and havingafeach end a part cut away receiving therein said hinge sleeves, and a guard having-one end curved whereby it can embrace one 'of said hinge sleeves, said carrier having .bev-

eled gpenings,` said holder and-saidguard I' each having a spring catch locked removably Within one of said beveled openings.

9. A safety razor, comprising ablade car rier, a blade mounted thereon, a blade holder pivotally secured to said carrier and extending over said blade, and a guard having a removable connection with said carrier and said holder and extendin over said holder, said carrier having beve ed openings, said holder and said guard each having a spring catch, said catches having bends adjacent to theirl junctions with said holder and.said

guard, said guard having an opening receiving said bend of said catch of said holder.

10. A'safety razor having a blade carrier and a blade mounted thereon, a blade holder mounted upon said carrier, and a guard ccny nected with said holdei` and saidcarrer, said holder and said carrier having catches for securing them with respect to said carrier,

` said catches projecting at the sides of said carrier, and a handle pivotally associated with said carrier and having spaced sides receiving said carrier therebetween, said sides having recesses receiving therein said extensions of said catches and constituting stops to limit the closing of said handle.

11. A safety razor, com rising a blade carrier having a stud, a ldlade removably mounted upon said carrier and having an opening receiving said stud, a blade holder removably associated with said carrier land having means for locking it in position on said carrier over said blade, and a guard having av removable connection with said carrier and having means for locking it in v Y EMIL KESSLER.

Witnesses JAMES S. MILNER, PHJLIPP DEGEN. 

